Adding Technorati button to your blog

Adding a Technorati button to your blog helps you to promote your blog. These buttons allow visitors to fav and share your blog with others in the Technorati community.

Code

<a href=”http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&amp;add=https://technicalauthors.wordpress.com“><img src=”http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/tech-fav-1.png” alt=”Add to Technorati Favorites” /></a>

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Replace the text in red with your blog URL.

All you have to do is copy and paste the code into your blog. You should be able to use the Text/HTML widget.

Please visit Technorati.com for a variety of buttons.

Adding Blog Catalog button to your blog

Adding a Blog Catalog button to your blog helps you to promote your blog. These buttons allow visitors to fav and share your blog with others in the Blog Catalog community.

Code

<a href=”http://www.blogcatalog.com”><img src=”http://www.blogcatalog.com/images/buttons/blogcatalog2.gif” alt=”Find Interesting Blogs in the Blog Directory” style=”border: 0;” /></a>

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All you have to do is copy and paste the code into your blog. You should be able to use the Text/HTML widget.

Please visit Blog Catalog.com for a variety of buttons.

Adding Digg button to your blog

Adding a Digg button to your blog helps you to promote your blog. These buttons allow visitors to fav and share your blog with others in the Digg community.

Code

<a href=”http://digg.com/“>
<img src=”http://digg.com/img/badges/32×32-digg-guy.gif” width=”52″ height=”52″ alt=”Digg!” />
</a>

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By modifying the text in red you should be able to modify the size of the image displayed on your blog.

All you have to do is copy and paste the code into your blog. You should be able to use the Text/HTML widget.

Please visit digg.com for a variety of buttons.

Adding Stumble Upon button to your blog

Adding a Stumble Upon button to your blog helps you to promote your blog. These buttons allow visitors to fav and share your blog with others in the Stumble Upon community.

Code

<a href=”http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http//technicalauthors.wordpress.com“> <img border=”0″ src=” http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/160x30_thumb_blue.gif ” alt=””> </a>

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Replace the text in red with your blog URL. Hope this helps.

All you have to do is copy and paste the code in your blog. You should be able to use the Text/HTML Widget.

Please visit stumbleupon.com for a variety of buttons.

Communities – digg, technorati and blogcatalog

The world of blogging/blogs has increased incredibly over the past few years. Creating new blogs and writing about your personal life, business, your expertise isn’t just it. It is about making them noticeable to everyone in the blogging environment by having them to visit, share and comment on your material/articles/posts. Today, blogging isn’t just about sharing information but about making money online as well. If your blog is one of the top blogs attracting huge traffic on a daily basis, advertisers are keen on using your blog to advertise their products and services. Blogger’s are using every possible option available to them to make sure they get enough traffic/visitors to their blogs.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of the most sought after system in the internet marketing segment. One of the effective means that bloggers use today to get visibility is by joining communities. Some of the top communities one can find on the Internet are websites like digg.com, technorati.com, blogcatalog.com just to name a few. By joining communities like these, bloggers are able to interact with other bloggers who have similar taste and this not only increases their visibility in the online world of the internet, but also helps them learn and share information online.

Question: Has online communities really made a difference in the Blogosphere?